"Did you think the satellite grid in this sector belonged to the public, my love?"
Zeldin stood perfectly still in the shadow of the balcony doorway, his towering figure completely blocking the path back into the warmth of the penthouse. The cold, mechanical hum of his blue cybernetic eye was unusually loud in the quiet night, its small internal lens iris whirring as it focused directly on Rea's pale, trembling face. The harsh neon lights from the sprawling megacity below cast a deep, predatory glow across his sharp jawline, making him look less like a husband and more like an apex predator cornering its prey in a high-tech cage.
Rea felt the breath leave her lungs in a sharp, painful gasp, her fingers instantly freezing inside the pocket of her sheer silk robe where the warm copying d
